LEE, JOHN A

Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 255pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Henry / N V Douglas 1949 (?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature autobiographical novels fiction John A Lee

BULLEN, FRANK T & FORREST, A S (Illus)

Octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 287pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sopradically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1905

KEYWORDS: colonial library series travel history writing literature West Indies Frank T Bullen

COHEN, JOSHUA

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine & boards, marbled page edges & eps, special signatory plate to ffep, 239pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to board corners), in half title band, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Fitzcarraldo Editions 2024

KEYWORDS: signed limited editions literature biographical fiction novels Joshua Cohen

DAVIES, HUNTER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, unpaginted prelims + 188pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl foxing to pages) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine, light general tanning & foxing/soiling, minor creasing to fore-edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Hunter Davies

BALLANTYNE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with minor staining at base also, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale / Whitcombe & Tombs 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels David Ballantyne

FARR, ADAMS

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 183pp, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine & extrems, light soiling & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear gutter, moderate to heavy creasing to pgs10-18, occasional minor foxing throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & cover edges, heavy scuffing/surface loss to rear, minor fading to spine, general light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Gerald G Swan 1944

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction novels Adams Farr

BALDWIN, JAMES

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editons literature novels fiction James Baldwin

MITCHELL, DAVID

SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, IN SLIPCASE, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & illus to front & rear boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 233pp, Near FINE (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges) in vibrant red slipcase, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Sceptre 2015

KEYWORDS: signed special limited editions literature David Mitchell novels fiction

BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL & GLENNY, MICHAEL (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST IMP., ex-library, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 445pp, VG- (usual librray markings, moderate tape staining top board edges, light rubbing/bruising & fading to board edges, spine sl cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, tape reinforcement to front gutter, ffep missing, occasional light staining & foxing to pages throuhghout) in d/w, VG (inplastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tape staining to flaps, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill Press 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first UK editions literature novels fiction Mikhail Bulgakov

WOLFE, TOM

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, super octavo, pink heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 416pp, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked, moderate tape staining to board edges, moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, base of rear ep cut out, light to moderate soiling to pages throughout, pencil scribble & annotation to pg185) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, fore-edge of rear flap clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with tape reinforcement, other moderate tape staining top edges, moderate to heavy staining to flaps, sm scuff to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Tom Wolfe

TUWHARE, HONE & WHITE, ROBIN (Graphics)

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 47pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, light to moderate scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light staining to half title page, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Caveman Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers poets literature poems poetry verse Hone Tuwhare Maori

MATTHEWS, PATRICK and MOLLIE

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to white spine, printed eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (moderate staining to spine, moderate scuffing to board edges & corners, minor chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soilin to page edges, neat gift inscription in in k to title page, light to moderate soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Golden Pleasure Books 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first editons children's literature picture story books Teddy Edward series Patrick Mollie Matthews

GLUCK, LOUISE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 53pp, VG (light fading to spine & edges of rear cover, light creasing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters- glue sl cracked & exposed, prev. owner's annotation in ink to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: The Ecco Press 1983

KEYWORDS: signed Louise Gluck poetry poems verse literature Nobel prize winners

CONRAD, JOSEPH & STARRETT, WILLIAM KEMP (Decorations by)

INCLUDES UNCOMMON 'SUSPENSE' AND 'TALES OF HEARSAY', missing 'Typhoon' and 'Youth' volumes, octavo, deckled page fore-edges, illus to eps & title pages, mixed pagination, illus, VG (most vols have varying degrees of fading to spines- mostly light to moderate, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, mostly light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards- occasional vol has more soiling than others, prev. owner's sm white adhesive label to front board of 'The Arrow of Gold' vol, moderate damp wrinkling to boards of 4x vols, binding is a little sloppy to 'The Mirror of the Sea', moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to eps, occasional minor foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in pencil to 'Almayer's Folly', gutters are mostly in good condition with only a few minor cracks- light, occasional minor water staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1928

KEYWORDS: Malay edition editions literature collected works Joseph Conrad novels

SMITH, HUGH & BURNS, BERTA SINCLAIR (Ed)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR'S SON (1948), octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 390pp, VG (light fading to spine & board edges, light light rubbing to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tanning to prelims, light foxing & tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hugh Smith Jnr 1946

KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Smith Jr New Zealand poets writers poetry poems verse literature

FULLER, BUCKMINSTER & MELLER, JAMES (Ed & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 383pp, illus/photos to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine extrems, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, light tanning, light to moderate chafing & soiling/foxing, sl peeling at spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm closed tear to top of front hinge- tidy tape repairs to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1970

KEYWORDS: literature Buckminter Fuller science dymaxion car inventions engineering first editions

SADEH, PINHAS & FLANTZ, RICHARD (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey marble-effect boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, 368pp, VG+ (sl brusing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing/scuffing to spine, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions literature autobiography autobiographies memoir Pinhas Sadeh

HOMER & RIEU, E V (Trans) & FRINK, ELISABETH (Lithographs)

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, black & gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black & gilt decoration to front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 284pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine decoration, light foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG- (moderate tanning & foxing to edges, moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1974

KEYWORDS: folio society classic literature Homer odyssey illustrated

DONALDSON, M E M & BONUS, ISABEL (Map & Illus)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 511pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Gardner N/D (c.1920)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Scotland Scottish highlands west western highland clan clans

FITZPATRICK, Sir PERCY & CALDWELL, E (Illus)

REBOUND, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt school motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 475pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, moderate soiling/bruising to board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, school presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1931

KEYWORDS: Sir Percy Fitzpatrick South Africa adventures Jock canine literature